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tinned see-t PETER PIERSON, OF" SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 100,588, dated March 8, 1870.

IMPROVED PAINT COMPOUND.

The Schedule :etfen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern/.

Be it known that I, EZRA BLAKELEY, of Nepouset, in the county ofBureau,.and State of Illinois,

have invented :1. Combination of certain Ingredients Ooustit-utiugPaint; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full and exactdescription thereof.

I combine the following ingredients in the proporpeeling off orcrumbling on the outside .by becoming frozen. It hardens soft brick andincreases their durability. It renders the mortar less absorbent ofwater, and prevents it from crumbling or heaving out;{ is cheaper, andcan be applied to brick walls more readily andwith less labor thanoil-paint, and preserves its color equally as well as the bestoil-paint.

If the compound made accordingto the formula given, without the additionof coloring material, be applied to brick walls, the color of the brickandmortainremain the same as before'its application.

I contemplate applying my paint to wood or other surfaces, either withor without; coloring material.

I claim asan improved article of manufacture- A paint compound, composedof the ingredients specified, in the proportions herein set forth.

The foregoing specification of my improved paint signed by me this 10thday of January, 1870.

EZRA BLAKELEY.

Witnesses Jos. S. WILLtAMs, DAVID ROBINSON.

